Thirty years of baculovirus-insect cell protein expression: From dark horse to mainstream technology

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-23

  Van Oers, Monique M ^a   Pijlman, Gorben P ^a   Vlak, Just M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS VECTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; POLYHEDRIN; PROTEIN P10; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUBUNIT VACCINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SCALE UP; STABLE EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSECT; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INSECTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84918829335     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.067108-0     Document Type: Review

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